Nineteen eighty-four was an inflection point: a year of blockbuster albums, career quantum leaps, iconic poses and an enduring redefinition of what pop success could mean for performers.
The indelible albums of 1984 were turning-point releases: Prince's Purple Rain, Madonna's Like a Virgin and Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. among them.
Those blockbusters were propelled by an unlikely convergence of artistic impulses, advancing technology, commercial aspirations and popular taste, all shaped by the narrow portals of the pre-internet media landscape.
Younger generations have definitely heard and seen their repercussions, whether or not they've played back the originals. The sounds and lessons of 1984 have been durable and widely recycled by countless synthesizer-pumped 21st-century hitmakers.
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